Salmon carcasses to be distributed in Tucannon River basin

More than 500 adult salmon carcasses will be placed in the Tucannon River basin Thursday through Saturday by staff from the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife and volunteers from the Tri-State Steelheaders.

“Salmon carcasses provide marine-derived nutrients to the river,” said Jeremy Trump, a Fish and Wildlife district fish biologist in Dayton.

“Too few salmon and steelhead have returned to the Tucannon River in recent years to provide the necessary nutrients to maintain a productive food web,” he said. “We're giving Mother Nature a jump-start so that the natural process of recycling salmon nutrients can resume.”